Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Resentment prevails among the doctors over dilly-dallying attitude of Sadar Hospital, Ara, management to take action in connection with thrashing of a doctor by some people on October 26, 2018, night. A meeting of Bihar Health Service Association was held under the chairmanship of Dr Arun Kumar on the Sadar Hospital campus on October 28. The doctors vehemently condemned the attack on their colleague and requested the Superintendent, Ara Sadar Hospital, Dr Satish Kumar Sinha, to lodge an FIR with police in this connection.
Dr Naresh Prasad, Secretary, BHSA, said Superintendent of the Sadar Hospital appears reluctant to lodge an FIR. He said that BHSA has given a 48 hour ultimatum to the hospital administration in this connection after which they would be forced to resort to agitation.
Dr Satish Kumar Sinha, Superintendent, Sadar Hospital, said that he has forwarded the petition to Town police station, Ara, for necessary action.
It may be mentioned here that family members and acquaintances had gone on rampage at the Sadar Hospital around midnight on October 26, 2018, after the death of Rudra Kumar, minor son of Janardan Singh of Chhotaki Singhai under Ara Town police station, at Sadar Hospital, allegedly for want of treatment. They also thrashed Dr Ajay Kumar Pandey holding him responsible for the death of the child.